Eye Care
IHE Eye Care is sponsored by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and manages the Eye Care Profiles and the Eye Care Technical Frameworks.
There are two committees:
Timeline: 2009-2010 Development Cycle Milestones
The Timeline shows the main milestones of the development cycle, the Timeframe when they are typically expected to happen, and the actual date/time/location they have been Scheduled for this year. Specific meetings and their agendas and minutes are generally listed on the IHE Eye Care Planning Committee and IHE Eye Care Technical Committee pages.
Dates and times are U.S. Eastern Time Timeframe Activity Scheduled Location 2009 Nov Submit Brief Profile Proposals to Planning Committee (PC) Wiki Dec PC Selects "Short List" of Proposals T-Con Dec PC Drafts Detailed Profile Proposals for "Short Listed" Proposals Wiki Jan TC Completes technical review of Detailed Proposals T-Con Jan PC makes Final Selection of Proposals for this year T-Con Jan TC Profile development kickoff meeting 2010 Mar TC Finalizes profile supplements for public comment Mar Publication of Public Comment Supplements www.ihe.net Apr Deadline for submission of public comments on profile supplements www.ihe.net Apr TC reconciles public comments Apr Publication of CPs - released for Ballot www.ihe.net May Publication of Trial Implementation Supplements www.ihe.net Jun. Publication of Final Text Technical Framework www.ihe.net 2011 Jan/Feb. Test implementations at Connectathon (North America) Chicago Apr. Test implementations at Connectathon (Europe) Timeline: 2008-2009 Development Cycle Milestones
Dates and times are U.S. Central Time (Chicago). Timeframe Activity Scheduled Location 2008 Aug Submit Brief Profile Proposals to Planning Committee (PC) Sept. 15 Wiki Sept PC Selects "Short List" of Proposals Sept. 17 T-Con Sept PC Drafts Detailed Profile Proposals for "Short Listed" Proposals Sept. 30 Wiki Oct TC Completes technical review of Detailed Proposals Oct. 15 T-Con Oct PC makes Final Selection of Proposals for this year Oct. 22 T-Con Nov. TC Profile development kickoff meeting Nov. 10-13 Chicago 2009 Jan. TC Finalizes profile supplements for public comment Jan. 27-30 Chicago Feb. Publication of Public Comment Supplements (See Radiology 2008-2009 Supplements) Mar. 22 www.ihe.net Mar. Deadline for submission of public comments on profile supplements May 1 www.ihe.net Mar./Apr. TC reconciles public comments May 11-14 Chicago Apr. Publication of CPs - released for Ballot June www.ihe.net May Publication of Trial Implementation Supplements June www.ihe.net Jun. Publication of Final Text Technical Framework July www.ihe.net 2010 Feb. Test implementations at Connectathon Jan 11-15 Chicago
Timeline: 2009-2010 Development Cycle Milestones
The Timeline shows the main milestones of the development cycle, the Timeframe when they are typically expected to happen, and the actual date/time/location they have been Scheduled for this year. Specific meetings and their agendas and minutes are generally listed on the IHE Eye Care Planning Committee and IHE Eye Care Technical Committee pages.
Dates and times are U.S. Eastern Time (Chicago).
| Timeframe | Activity | Scheduled | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | |||
| Nov | Submit Brief Profile Proposals to Planning Committee (PC) | Wiki | |
| Dec | PC Selects "Short List" of Proposals | T-Con | |
| Dec | PC Drafts Detailed Profile Proposals for "Short Listed" Proposals | Wiki | |
| Jan | TC Completes technical review of Detailed Proposals | T-Con | |
| Jan | PC makes Final Selection of Proposals for this year | T-Con | |
| Jan | TC Profile development kickoff meeting | ||
| 2010 | |||
| Mar | TC Finalizes profile supplements for public comment | ||
| Mar | Publication of Public Comment Supplements (See Eye Care 2009-2010 Supplements) | www.ihe.net | |
| Apr | Deadline for submission of public comments on profile supplements | www.ihe.net | |
| Apr/May | TC reconciles public comments | ||
| May/Jun | Publication of CPs - released for Ballot | www.ihe.net | |
| Jun | Publication of Trial Implementation Supplements | www.ihe.net | |
| Jun | Publication of Final Text Technical Framework | www.ihe.net | |
| 2011 | |||
| Oct | Test implementations at Connectathon (North America) | Chicago | |
| Oct/Nov | Demonstrate implementations at Showcase (North America) | ||
Roadmap
2006 - IHE Eye Care Year 1 - Focus is to initiate IHE Eye Care, building upon basic profiles of workflow, charge posting and evidence reports and begin introducing this to the vendor and user community.
2007 - IHE Eye Care Year 2 - Focus is on building upon the beginning efforts and expand participation of vendors, particularly acquisition modalities. One new profile was added, Eye Care Displayable Reports, to enhance the usability to users.
2008 - IHE Eye Care Year 3 - Focus is on expanding participation of vendors, particularly electronic health record systems, to build critical mass in IHE Eye Care and building up physician/user understanding of the needs for IHE/interoperability
2009 - IHE Eye Care Year 4 - Focus is on expanding participation of vendors and building upon the awareness/education of the physicians and by expanding usage of IHE Eye Care by extending the Framework to include a new actor, Legacy Acquisition Modality Importer, which allows physicians to use their existing devices, instead of having to purchase new devices.
2010 - IHE Eye Care Year 5 - Focus is on continuing to expand participation of vendors, both acquisition modality vendors, legacy acquisition modalities, and electronic health record systems to reach a critical mass. Work in future years will be to build in more Information Technology Infrastructure profiles into the Technical Framework.
Current Activity
IHE Eye Care has been working on the 2009 Eye Care Workflow Profile. The Final Text was published in January 31st and available here under Technical Frameworks. Correction Proposals are accepted by the Technical Committee for consideration.
The Technical Committee has also provided extensions: Legacy Acquisition Modality Importer Actor and Instructions for Performing a Procedure for Trial Implementation Version. Comments are accepted by the Technical Committee for consideration.
Demonstrations & Presentations
| Date | Location | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | San Francisco, CA | AAO 2009 | IHE Eye Care Interoperability Showcase |
Supporters and Endorsements
IHE Eye Care is supported or endorsed by the following organizations:
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
Also, it is endorsed by
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- Macula Society